Free Web NovelChapter 62: Chapter 62: Your Insight Is an Honor!
The wind fell silent in that instant, and the air became deathly quiet.
Ding Ning held onto Tuantuan, standing still, as the strong wind whipped up a ground strewn with rotten leaves. Moments later, a figure formed from decaying leaves appeared beside her.
"Rest assured, Lord, I will thoroughly control this human. The mission will be a complete success!" He lowered his head, his sharp and hoarse voice tinged with a trace of madness.
He stood respectfully by Ding Ning’s side. He had always felt their Lord lacked aggression; possessing overwhelming power, yet among the human rankings for dungeons, she was only placed ninth.
And that ranking was only given after humans failed to find the exit, making it appear more prominent.
He always believed their Lord was more than just ninth.
Though these dungeons weren’t in the same area, they could communicate, and sometimes even visit each other.
The Lords of other dungeons possessed bloodthirsty and invasive intent so powerful it terrified humans.
Some lesser evil spirits hadn’t heard of the human dungeon rankings, but he often communicated with evil spirits from other zones, gathering much information on humans.
Now, hearing their Lord intended to grant skills to a human and place a piece among them, he could barely contain his excitement, trembling all over.
This time, he will charge forth and vindicate the Lord’s name!
An evil spirit’s skill could be bestowed upon a human, yet it was possible to tamper during the transfer.
For example: Enslavement.
So humans rarely accepted skills from evil spirits willingly, preferring to kill them and seize their abilities.
Humans wanted power, but they wanted it without being controlled by anyone else.
"What I mean is, don’t tamper with it." Ding Ning narrowed her eyes, staring at the muddy creature formed from rotting leaves before her.
The intangible entity grovelled reverently on the ground, presenting his highest respect to the Lord.
This was also for Jiang Che. She’d considered whether to give Jiang Che an item for self-protection.
But later realized that carrying too many items would only hasten Jiang Che’s death once he entered human society.
Rather than bestow items, giving skills would better strengthen him.
She contemplated the evil spirits within her domain, mentally reviewing the abilities each possessed.
She didn’t plan on dumping everything onto Jiang Che at once.
For survival, a couple skills would be enough.
For offense, three skills or so would suffice; the rest could be auxiliary abilities.
Because, whatever skill it was, proficiency mattered.
Though it’s said ’more skills never hurt,’ it’s important to ensure skilled use—better to master a few than heap on too many at once.
On hearing her words, a flash of shrewdness glinted in the eyes of the evil spirit grovelling below.
"Yes!" His voice was vigorous, filled with an indescribable elation.
"I understand!"
He’d always thought the Lord was passive, but her first move was unexpectedly decisive!
Directly embedding a piece within human ranks; not under his own control, but directly under the Lord’s.
Within Dungeon 9, he wasn’t the strongest, but his survival abilities were top tier.
He possessed a certain command over the earth, and his main skills were two: and .
[Gravity Field: Creates a gravity field centered on oneself, with a radius of 500 meters. Gravity level adjustable.]
[Earth Escape: At any time, can burrow into the ground to advance.]
Ever since visiting another dungeon and being recorded by humans, he’d been wanted, his skills catalogued by them.
His skills ranked among the top 100 most coveted by humans.
Ding Ning felt a bit blank in her mind—what exactly did her subordinate understand?
She frowned, pondering for a while, but after failing to work it out, decided to let it go. "Though the skills will be granted, they can’t be given directly; a play must be staged."
"Humans stream their encounters. I want to keep it hidden." she said seriously. Humans and evil spirits were rife with conflict, and if people knew Jiang Che’s skills were bestowed intentionally by an evil spirit, even if he escaped, he’d likely be deemed a traitor or spy.
The evil spirit clad in rotting leaves started shedding them as his trembling intensified upon hearing that.
He was simply too excited.
Previously, the Lord never inquired about human matters.
Many evil spirits had known about streaming for a while; some even tortured humans with zeal for the benefit of viewers outside the dungeon.
He’d once thought to inform the Lord of this, but she hadn’t seemed concerned.
Planting a piece within the humans—a matter that must remain hidden.
Otherwise, cultivating a piece among them was pointless.
"My Lord, I have a plan for this." He began to outline his intentions in detail.
Actually, upon seeing the sudden changes in the dungeon’s entrance, he guessed the Lord was plotting an escape for the Survivor.
sss-tier dungeon, escaping wasn’t wishful thinking?
If one breached all obstacles, fought countless formidable evil spirits, and finally reached the escape point, then that human would be strong enough to require no more cultivation.
Although Dungeon 9 was ranked lower by humans, its tier was sss-level.
If we’re putting on a show, let’s do it fully—pretending not to defeat a human would be absurd and laughable.
"What plan?" Ding Ning, too, was troubled by this. She pondered how, under the watchful eye of the live broadcast, Jiang Che could gain skills and establish himself safely in human society.
"I will place something in my domain. As long as he touches it, he can acquire my skills with no side effects." He lowered his head, his face all sincerity.
"Wouldn’t that seem suspicious?" Ding Ning frowned. "From what I know, humans understand evil spirits well: the only way to gain their skills without side effects is to kill the spirit."
"My Lord, it won’t happen that way."
"This method, as far as I know, is used by many evil spirits."
"The pieces they plant in human society also gain skills by this method. No one knows they’re spies, and they themselves don’t betray their role." The decaying leaves spirit recalled information from other dungeons.
Ding Ning remembered how that group of humans returned to reality, claiming to have gained abilities by accident...
If no one steps forward to reveal the truth, no one will ever know. Those who used this method were wolves.
"My Lord, which skills should I arrange?"
"Gravity Field and Earth Escape." Ding Ning first prepared survival abilities for Jiang Che.
Even if exposed and pursued by humans, so long as Jiang Che burrowed underground, he could easily slip from their grasp.
"My Lord, your wisdom is unparalleled! It is my honor!"
